peter says to china, sorry, china, do as we say, not as i do. you have gotten a sense already, it is about foreign relations and government expansion it is so well-written. i can make an important argument is not previously. i can make an important argument that people will like to read. and for that, this book is a call in the debate of our discipline. i want to tell you about this book and then try to sort out the mischievous tone. there was john hancock, the first signature, the the man to sign the declaration of independence. signature so large, as he put it, king george will be able to see it without his spectacles. a smuggler. and that is okay. he is a patriot. in fact, can i see this on television? peter appears as the first smuggler in this book. going from bolivia to peru. bubbling toilet paper. don't ask, read about. [laughter] this comes up again and again in american history. we have the story about the oklahoma land rush. it's not in peter's book, but 1889, thousands of people on the oklahoma border, and at noon sharp on april 22, c